Building Bitzer part 3
The trick to getting an even crackle, I am told, is to get an even surface. This is harder than it looks on a paper maché mask.
Especially when that mask is divided into sections for testing.
The final method used involved daubing paint mix on with cloth and then lightly rolling it back/smooth with the roller.
Further irritations were met when it looked like the damn paint wouldn’t crackle anyway, since the mask was still permeable to moisture even with the base coat on.
I’m hoping a longer drying time will give us SOME result.
Otherwise we’re going to have to add layers of lacquer.
I’m already turning a dollar shop nightlight into a $300 light-up accessory. I don’t need lacquer on top of this mess. Ugh.
Cross your fingers for tomorrow. Or give me hints and tips on how to make it go. My goal is the really fine crazing that old glazes get, so that the black shows through a little.
I had worked out a set of test proportions that would have filled the egg carton.
The tools in use. The pink spoon came from Baskin Robbins.
The stuff that is meant to make the paint crackle.
Test patches part 1
Test patches part 2
